Hello,
SWIM has obtained some quantity of NaBH4 and was wondering if there was a good compound that could be reduced with it to form GHB. SWIM noticed that in
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(Rhodium: "GABA -> GBL + GHB", Chemistry Discourse), Rhodium mentions succinic acid monomethyl ester giving a 90% yield with NaBH4 in H2O. Would this be a relatively straight forward reaction to do? Just add excess reducing agent slowly, then purify out final product?
SWIM was wondering if something like 4-Oxo butyric acid would work (SWIM thinks that's how it's named.. just GHB with an aldehyde group instead of an alcohol).
Not sure how easy it would be to find these compounds, but the yield seems good..